My girlfriend and I got a new cat about a month ago. New Cat is almost 2 years old. We also have a Resident Cat who is almost 10 years old and I have had her since she was a kitten.
RC has lived with other cats most of her life (my parents’ cat in her childhood, then more recently my former roommates’ cats for 7 years) so when my girlfriend and I moved in together I figured a new cat would be fine. We introduced them extremely slowly over the course of about a month and a couple days ago we took the baby gate that was separating them down and are trying to fully integrate them.
New Cat is very sweet but has a LOT more energy than Resident Cat, who is not only getting up there in age but has also been more skittish and a loner her whole life. Whenever I bring RC into the living room (she was previously based in the bedroom during the introduction process) to try to get her to want to go out there more, NC instantly chases her. RC almost always just retreats back to her safe spot, under my bed.
They don’t fight, and when RC is cornered NC backs off, so I think she’s just excited/curious rather than aggressive/bullying. But that’s clearly not the type of behavior RC is receptive to.
Is there anything I can do to try to get NC to realize she should chill out more around RC? Is this behavior something to be worried about?
TL;DR: New Cat is very sweet but runs toward Resident Cat whenever she sees her. I don’t think it’s in an aggressive/bullying way but it is making Resident Cat hesitant to leave under the bed.
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